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[ozexpat]

Oz, that has got to suck, big time.

yup

 

[superchemicalgirl]

yup

 

[Pozees]

Sorry Oz. How do quail chicks get ulcerative enteritis? I have never raised them but have been thinking about it for next spring.

 

[Pozees]

Double post, apologies.

 

[ozexpat]

Sorry Oz. How do quail chicks get ulcerative enteritis? I have never raised them but have been thinking about it for next spring.

its a bacterial disease http://teamquail.tamu.edu/files/2010/09/Common_Gamebird_Diseases.pdf

 

[chickadoodles]

Sorry Oz that is horrible

 

[cknnewbie]

Golly, Oz, that IS a rough time. Sorry for your troubles. Hang in there.

 

[IttyBiddyRedHen]

oh Oz..that's terrible! Any way to prevent its re-occurrence in the future?

 

[chirpingcricket]

oh Oz..that's terrible!  Any way to prevent its re-occurrence in the future?

bummer

 

[ozexpat]

its ok.

thanks for the wasrm fuzzies

its part of poultry raising. i just was blindsided by it, we really want to develop jumbo quail over there. getting such a great hatch only to lose 100 in 10 days was a tough blow but we will learn from it and persist.